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By Dawud Ahmed in Lokoja.
Two suspected kidnappers were fatally wounded while one AK 47 Rifle with two magazines and two live Ammunition were recovered in continuation of the ongoing onslaught against banditry, kidnapping and other heinous crime in Kogi State.
This is contained in a statement signed by SP William Ovye Aya,
Police Public Relations Officer,
Police Command in the state in Lokoja on Tuesday and copied The Reporters.
He said: “This was consequent upon a tip off received on 27/05/2024 at about 1130hrs, that some armed hoodlums, numbering about three, were sighted inside Ankumi forest.
“Immediately the Divisional Police Officer of Obajana Division, CSP Oguche Richard, mobilized his patrol team in collaboration with the Fulani Vigilantes; moved to the area at about 1430hrs.
“On sighting the team, the hoodlums opened fire on them, while the team responded in a gun duel. Due to the superior firepower of the Police team, two of the hoodlums were fatally wounded while the other escaped with bullet wounds.”
Aya disclosed that Items recovered from the scene include, one AK 47 rifle with two magazines and two rounds of live Ammunition. Effort is on going to trail and apprehend the fleeing suspect.
He quoted the Commissioner of Police, CP Bethrand C. Onuoha, as commending the Officers for their unwavering commitment and dedication in sustaining the tempo in the ongoing onslaught against crime and criminality.
The police boss, the image maker said assured the good people of the State that” the Police is ever determined to sustain the tempo in synergy with other Security Agencies in ensuring the safety of lives and property in the State.”
The Reporters recalls that some suspected Kidnappers stormed the campus of the kogi state-owned Conference University of Science Technology, Osara, in the central district of the state,took some students to unknown destination and killed two of them.
More than 20 of the victims have so far regained their freedom.
